US President Donald Trump welcomed King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House for a four-day state visit on Monday. While speaking to the crowd on Tuesday, the president spoke about his respect for the monarchy. He even revealed how his mother was always fascinated by the British royal family, especially young Charles. The cheeky confession caught the monarch off guard.
King Charles reacts to learning Donald Trump’s mother had a ‘crush’ on him
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump recently welcomed King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House. The president later spoke to the crowd about how his parents, especially his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, had a huge respect for the monarchy. During the speech, he even revealed his late mother had a “crush” on young Charles, leaving the monarch amused.
“My mother, I can see it so clearly, I told the King this, she loved the royal family,” Donald said during the formal welcome ceremony on April 28. He added that his mother loved the late Queen and “would be glued to the television” to watch her.
Donald recalled how his mother once called young Charles “cute,” which caught the monarch off guard and left him laughing. “My mother had a crush on Charles, can you believe it? I wonder what she’s thinking right now,” the president added. His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born in Scotland. “She came to America at 19,” where she met Donald’s “incredible father,” and they were “married for 63 years.”
Although Charles seemed to be amused during the speech, a body language expert, Bruce Durham from Huddle Culture, believed the monarch behaved differently when he was first greeted by the president.
“What’s really interesting here is there’s a deviation in King Charles ’s behaviour,” Durham told the Mirror. The expert even noted that on several occasions during his visit, the monarch showed “signs of not being fully focused on the task at hand.” He showed “fear, doubt, or a lack of self-confidence,” upon meeting Donald.
